Invisible Struggles

Today has been a really rough day. Not just all the normal crap that happens on a daily basis. It just felt like one of those days where it felt like the world wanted to punch you in the gut repeatedly. I have PTSD from multiple traumatic events making it a complex PTSD. Sometimes no matter how much you mention to others or tell other people that you are suffering or having a hard time, there is still this dismissiveness because they can’t see it. As much as I would love to give credit to people, humans are just not very good at seeing things from another person’s perspective. It’s like they’re in their own bubble with all the bad stuff on the outside, and they’re in this little bubble that can’t be touched. People say some of the shittiest things because of this. And partly it’s ignorance. But it’s also just a lack of any compassion or communication around disability or mental health issues that society has crossed off as too taboo to be mentioned. When you take all those people that fit in one or both of those categories, all that’s happening is they’re getting more isolated because it’s a way of dismissing what they’re dealing with. Regardless of the reasoning, it does not invalidate my experience, or anyone else’s. So next time you’re dealing with someone, try not to be so quick to judge. and take a step back a moment.